Discusses the history of a variety of monsters including vampires, werewolves, and zombies. Dare to be scared! Do you like to shiver with fright and quake with fear? If you do, you'll have a ghoulishly good time reading about these super-monsters—human monsters, animal monsters, movie monsters, made-up monsters, and more: *Vampires—the "undead." By day, they sleep in coffins, by night they rise and search for the blood of humans. *Werewolves—people who turn into giant wolves and rip their victims to pieces! *the Chimera—with the head and front legs of a lion, the body of a goat, the hindquarters of a dragon, and fiery breath. *King Kong—the world's largest gorilla and favorite monster! So grab a wooden stake and some silver bullets for protection, and get ready for a spine-tingling journey to the world of monsters!